Title:
The Oxford handbook of ancient Iran / edited by D.T. Potts.
Author:
Potts, Daniel T., editor.
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.
©2013
Call Number:
DS266 .O94 2017
Abstract:
"Iran's heritage is as varied as it is complex, and the archaeological, philological, and linguistic scholarship of the region has not been the focus of a comprehensive study for many decades. The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran provides up-to-date, authoritative essays on a wide range of topics extending from the earliest Paleolithic settlements in the Pleistocene era to the Arab conquest in the 7th century AD. The volume, authored by specialists based both inside and outside of Iran, is divided into sections covering prehistory, the Chalcolithic, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Achaemenid period, the Seleucid and Arsacid periods, the Sasanian period, and the Arab conquest. In addition, more specialized chapters are included which treat numismatics, religion, languages, political ideology, calendrics, the use of color, textiles, Sasanian silver and reliefs, and political relations with Rome and Byzantium. No other single volume covers as much of Iran's archaeology and history with the same degree of authority. Drawing on the results of the latest fieldwork in Iran and studies by scholars from around the world, this volume addresses a longstanding gap in the literature of the ancient Near East"--Publisher's website.
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ISBN:
9780190668662
Series:
Oxford handbooks
Oxford handbooks.
Physical Description:
xxx, 1021 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
General Note:
Originally published in 2013.
Contents:
Background and beginnings -- The history of archaeological research in Iran : A brief survey / Key questions regarding the paleoenvironment of Iran / The Paleolithic of Iran / The development and expansion of a Neolithic way of life / The Chalcolithic period -- The Chalcolithic of northern Iran / The Chalcolithic in the central Zagros / The Later Village (Chalcolithic) period in Khuzestan / The Chalcolithic in southern Iran / The Bronze Age -- The Early Bronze Age in northwestern Iran / The Bronze Age in northeastern Iran / Luristan and the central Zagros in the Bronze Age / Khuzestan in the Bronze Age / Early writing in Iran / The use of Akkadian in Iran / Bronze Age Fars / Eastern Iran in the Early Bronze Age / The Iron Age -- The Late Bronze and Early Iron Age in northwestern Iran / Luristan during the Iron Age / The central Alborz region in the Iron Age / Linguistic groups in Iran / Iranian migration / Assyria and the Medes / Elam in the Iron Age / Elam, Assyria, and Babylonia in the early 1st millennium BC / Iron Age southeastern Iran / The Achaemenid period -- Southwestern Iran in the Achaemenid period / Administrative realities : The Persepolis Archives and the archaeology of the Achaemenid heartland / Avesta and Zoroastrianism under the Achaemenids and early Sasanians / Royal Achaemenid iconography / Color and gilding in Achaemenid architecture and sculpture / Eastern Iran in the Achaemenid period / Old Persian / Greek sources on Achaemenid Iran / Seleucid, post-Achaemenid and Arsacid archaeology and history -- Alexander the Great and the Seleucids in Iran / Media, Khuzestan and Fars between the end of the Achaemenids and the rise of the Sasanians / Fratarakā and Seleucids / The Arsacids (Parthians) / Parthian and Elymaean rock reliefs / Arsacid, Elymaean and Persid coinage / Aramaic, Parthian and Middle Persian / The use of Greek in pre-Sasanian Iran / The Sasanian period -- Sasanian political ideology / Sasanian coinage / Sasanian interactions with Rome and Byzantium / Sasanian rock reliefs / Kuh-e Khwaja and the religious architecture of Sasanian Iran / Sasanian administation and sealing practices / Luxury silver vessels of the Sasanian period / Sasanian textiles / Pre-Islamic Iranian calendrical systems in the context of Iranian religious and scientific history / The Islamic conquest of Sasanian Iran
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